Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-04-08
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

paclty OI OO DarTelS u Uay Is W Ue
erected at Spokane Falls.
The body of John Pratt, who has
been missed for long time, was re-
Gently found in a creek near Winlock.
One day last week N. F. Bolton
fell from a scaffolding at Vancouver
and suffers from fracture of the
shoulder blade.
The east end heading of the Stam-
pede tunnel is now in 2,035 feet, breast
1891. The west end heading is zoos
feet, breast 1868 feet.
Jos. Baxter, of Yakima county. has
fed his cattle 500 tons of hay this win
ter, and is joyous over the fact that he
hasn't lost single head.
The present Northern Pacific rates
from Tacoma to New York are: First
class, unlimited. $114.75; frst-class,
limited, $1O1.5O; emigrant, $63.
Moses Stubblefeld's farm of 200
acres, in Walla Walla county, near the
Oregon line, was recently sold to Mich
ael Toner for So 900, or $40 per acre.
A new cannery is to be built on
Shoalwater Bay near Long island this
season, wherein salmon, CLAIMS and oy-
sters will be canned. The intention is
to keep it running the year round.
President Harris, of the Northern
Pacific, is expected to visit the Sound
about June 18th, and will come across
the switchback. Ex-President Chas
B. Wright will arrive about the same
time.
The firm of Ball & Barlow, Skagit
loggers, has been dissolved. Barlow
bought Balls interests for $4,000
and the business will be converted in.
to joint-stock company, of which
Tacoma capitalists will hold control
ling interests.
An exchange protests against the
Northern Pacific company, or others,
substituting new names for points
which have long borne Indian appela-
tions. The changing of Seatco to Bu-
coda, and Peyeto into Roza, are in
stance of this vandalism.
Tacoma News: Immigrants are set
tling in large numbers around Win
lock, Newaukum and Chehalis valley
They are all in good circumstances
and most of them have money with
which to operate in lands and farms,
A number of these settlers came from
Tennessee and Texas.
Mr.. E. B. Maple, one of the first set
tiers of King county, who located on
the Duwamish river, but who for sew
eral years past has resided in Albany,
Oregon, came over to the Sound a
week or so ago to look after his interest
here, and sold 50 acres of his donation
claim to George H. Smith, the well
known cattle dealer, for $3.50 an acre.
Says the Vancouver Register: Hay
is very scarce in Cowlitz county, ow-
ing to the great increase in the logging
business on the Sound and railroad
building elsewhere Hay that was left
to spoil in the field last Summer and
brought only 81 per ton would now be
worth $40 per ton. Loggers attracted
to Cowlitz county have been forced to
stay away for lack of hay.
Mr.. John Campbell, confidential
agent of Captain VIM. Renton, of Port
Blakely, says that Sol Simpson would
be sent to Little Skookum, just as soon
as the weather settled, to commence
grading ON the extension and feeders
to the Puget Sound and Gray's Harbor
Railroad. Mr.. Simpson was also SEEN
He stated that he was holding himself
in readiness to 60 to work just as soon
as he received orders from Captain
Renton to commence.
Lafayette J. Moore, Of Centralia, was
bound over after three days trial to
appear before the grand jury at Glen
dale, Nevada, on charge of numbering
his daughter Alice aged % years, He
is said to have brutally knocked her
down in fit Of anger and jumped on
and beating her in April, 1885, of which
she died. 1t was thought at the time
outside the family she died of her dis
ease. Some three weeks ago he bru-
tally beat his reputed wife and she
went to town and swore out a warrant
charging him with the murder Of his
daughter. Two OF his married daugh-
ters living at Centralia claim to have
been eye-witnesses to the murder, and
offer to 60 to Reno, Nevada, to testify
to the facts.
The colony shipped team of horses
wagon harness, plough, harrow and
other farm implements to Port Angeles
by the North Pacific on Friday night.
A milch cow and lot of seed potatoes
and grain was also shipped. Fifteen
acres of potatoes will be planted and
an orchard and vegetable garden laid
out. J. r. Clark, of Old Tacoma, who
has had experience in managing farms
in the East will be the General Super
intendent OF the farm. He accom-
panied the stock and implements and
took his family with him. Thirty-five